The Priority Investment Approach (PIA) research data set specification (DSS) defines longitudinal social security information related to Centrelink recipients and their partners. The information defined includes information related to entitlements to benefits, payment information and demographic details (for example, sex, Indigenous status, refugee status and date of birth).
This dataset holds a significant amount of information including de-identified information about individuals. The dataset contains longitudinal quarterly data from July 2001 to June 2015. The administrative data has been collected for the purpose of recording the service delivery activities to account for the expenditure of government revenue in the form of payments and services. Demographics data has been collected as administrative data items that are related to the eligibility rules for a specific benefit.